About
I'm a lawyer and builder working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, privacy, and legal practice. My career has taken me from academia to government, Big Four consulting, in-house enterprise roles, and now founding my own company.
Background
I started at the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law, where I earned my LL.M. and first got hooked on the questions that still drive my work: how does technology reshape legal systems, and how should the law respond? While I was studying I worked for the Danish Data Protection Agency, seeing how enforcement worked in practice. I went on to Deloitte, advising organizations on privacy and data governance at scale, before moving in-house at IKEA, where I worked on privacy across a truly global organization.
I've been sharing my thoughts on how AI could affect the legal profession for many years. I've been a contributor to the University of Copenhagen LegalTech Lab where I've written about the use of AI in privacy practices using some of the early semantic models via Azure Q&A Maker and RAG.
What I do now
Today I wear a few hats:
Founder of Hipako. We build AI agents for privacy and security compliance. The thesis is simple: most compliance work is repetitive, document-heavy, and follows patterns that AI can handle well. We're building tools that let privacy and security teams focus on judgment calls instead of checkbox exercises. Check it out here.
I'm a former external lecturer in "AI & Legal Disruption" at the University of Copenhagen before I had to prioritise startup life. I still teach whenever time allows me to do so.
The newsletter: LLMs for LL.Ms
LLMs for LL.Ms is my newsletter exploring how large language models are changing the legal profession. I write about AI benchmarks, legal tech, what law students need to know, and the practical realities of using AI in legal work.
Speaking & teaching
I regularly speak at conferences and events on AI, privacy, and legal technology. Recent appearances include Techtorget and the Legal Design Summit. I enjoy the teaching side of this work, whether that's a university lecture hall, a conference stage, or a workshop with practitioners trying to figure out how AI fits into their practice.
If you'd like to chat about any of this, reach me at markus@hipako.com.